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Gov’t Spokesman Scoffs at US Efforts to Blacklist IRGC

Iranian Government Spokesman Gholam Hossein Elham described as baseless and unfounded the recent words and efforts made by the US to list Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terror group, saying that nobody in the world would buy such worthless words.

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Germany weighs bigger Afghan deployment but counts cost

BERLIN (AFP) – The killing of three Germans this week and the kidnapping of another three German civilians have triggered an anguished debate on the dangers and aims of Berlin’s deployment in Afghanistan. Chancellor Angela Merkel’s left-right government has said the setbacks have only strengthened its resolve and that it …

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Suicide attack kills Afghan governor, three children

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AFP) – A suicide attacker blew himself up Friday outside the house of a district governor in southern Afghanistan, killing the official and three of his children, officials said. The attacker detonated explosives strapped to his body as the Zhari district governor, Khairuddin, and his children left their …

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Iran to Boost Soft Power via Ambassadors

Haddad-Adel: Ambassadors should represent religious values. Parliament Speaker Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel said on Thursday that Iranian ambassadors are expected represent the religious and Islamic values in the host countries.

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An Agreement between the US and Azerbaijan for the Trans-Caspian Pipelines

The United States and Azerbaijan today signed an agreement to conduct a feasibility study on building two pipelines under the Caspian Sea. Under the agreement, the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) will give Azerbaijan’s State Oil Company a $1.7 million grant to conduct the study.

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